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I don't agree about being allowed to work - that would drive down wages even more for low-skilled jobs, that the poor already suffer from.
by CodeGlitch 6y ago
I don't agree about being allowed to work - that would drive down wages even more for low-skilled jobs, that the poor already suffer from.
- ben_w 6y agoAsylum seekers who can even get as far as the UK are necessarily richer and more resourceful than most — because the average monthly salary in e.g. Syria is 149,000 SYP [0] (~= 222 GBP) which means most of those who could even leave Syria in the first place had no real choice and had to flee to much closer places to Syria such as Turkey or Iraq [1], and those who can reach the UK will overwhelmingly be either be high-skilled, rich by dumb luck, or minors sent by their families. This argument applies to basically all asylum seekers, not just those from the Syrian civil war. That aside, how many unskilled jobs that don’t require idiomatic grasp of English in local accents (which would include cashiers, baristas, and other customer-facing roles) aren’t being replaced by robots and offshoring? [0] http://www.salaryexplorer.com/salary-survey.php?loc=211&loctype=1 http://www.salaryexplorer.com/salary-survey.php?loc=211&loct... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugees_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War#Statistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugees_of_the_Syrian_Civil_W...
- DanBC 6y agoThe discussion is about doctors who are seeking asylum not being allowed to work. I don't know how you'd describe doctors as low-skilled.